Pieces of Light
A Dinah Harris Mystery
by Julie Cave
Pieces of Light is the final installment of the Dinah Harris Mystery trilogy. If you haven’t read the other books in this series, you’ll want to read those before jumping into this final book. Yes, the books can be read as stand-alone books, but everything really does build from one book to the next. Because of that, things make more sense if you already know the history of the characters from the previous books.
In Pieces of Light, we join back up with Dinah Harris as she’s starting to pull her life back together. She’s confronting her past issues and learning what it means to be a Christian. All too quickly her new found faith is put to the test….
In this final installment, Dinah is brought in as a FBI consultant to help with a series of church bombings. As they follow the clues and try to solve the mystery, Dinah finds herself dealing with some demons from her past. Instead of running from those issues, she’s able to use them to help her reach out to others.
The book goes back and forth between the real time story (written by the bomber who is in jail) and a year previous while the case was being worked. Some new characters are introduced while old friends reappear.
Julie’s books are very clearly Christian and pro-creation. She doesn’t hold anything back in her writing, so you definitely know her worldview based upon the stories. She weaves in current events as well as “what if” type scenarios that make you take a hard look at what is going on in our society. It’s fiction, but it has enough realism that it’s a little eery at times.
I look forward to seeing what Julie decides to write next.
I received a copy of this book from Master Books/New Leaf Publishing to help facilitate the writing of a frank and honest review. A positive review is not guaranteed, and all opinions are my own.
